Sidetracked with Toni Collier :: Cynthia and Heather [Ep 468]

Have you felt that you’ve lost a part of yourself since having children? Maybe even “lots of”  or “all” the parts? Motherhood changes us - and it should - but we need to consider our own emotional hea...

31 Jul 202347min

How do you give your kids independence? At what stage do you let kids try and fail?  At the heart of parenting is this job: to give our kids the skills they need to live without us. We know that and ...

24 Jul 202336min

How do you connect with your spouse? And how often?  It’s easy for us to get busy parenting and adulting and then take our marriage relationship for granted. We may think we’ll focus on it when thing...

17 Jul 202341min

What do you do when your kids are a little sassier than necessary?  How do you respond? Can we shape their responses? When does it really matter? To answer those questions we need both perspective and...

10 Jul 202331min

Who are your close friends? What do you do to cultivate friendships in your life? Friendship as an adult can feel like we’re unicorn-hunting, clinging to some childhood ideal or tv show standard. But ...

3 Jul 202341min

What do you feel when your child is struggling? How do you decide when to step in?  Whether it's fighting for your attention from a new baby or struggling with a new skill there are times for us to i...

26 Jun 202334min

12What do you do when your kid lies? What about when your kid doesn’t make the team? Is this your failure or theirs…or is it something else?  We’re taking time this summer (as usual) to be mentored b...

19 Jun 202339min

How does your child’s behavior reflect on you?  That’s a trick question -  it doesn’t. But it’s easy for us to feel that it does. Parenting a neurodivergent child can heighten those feelings of guilt...

12 Jun 202353min